Crock-Pot Chicken

Crock Pot Chicken

Ingredients:

• 4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1 tsp white pepper
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 lemon

• 1 large roasting chicken (it's best to make sure the sucker will fit into your crock pot before you begin)

Directions:

1. Remove any giblets from chicken and clean chicken. (I drink wine while doing this to avoid a gag reflux, this is not required, just a strong suggestion). Pat chicken dry and set aside
2. In a small bowl, combine dry spices
3. Mix chopped onion and minced garlic and put in bottom of crock pot (I ALWAYS use slow cooker liners, but for this dish, it's especially useful if you plan to make gravy)
4. Cut lemon in half and stuff into chicken cavity (Again, for me, this means more wine)
5. Rub spice mixture onto the chicken (more wine, ugh raw chicken is gross)
   
6. Place chicken on top of onion, and cover (it will look like the picture posted above)
   
7. Cook for 6-7 hours on low

Note: I usually prepare the night before, refrigerate over night and start the crock pot the next morning as I go to work. This is how I am able to drink the wine ;)


For Gravy:

• After removing chicken from crockpot onto a platter, Pour all the liquid into a saucepan on the stove (there will be a lot of liquid) put it on a low setting
• If you used a liner, simply pull out the bag, and slice a small hole in the bottom to drain liquid into sauce pan
  
• Mix cold water with cornstarch and add to chicken liquid (more wine drinking for me)
• Stir frequently and let it heat up. It should thicken up quickly, serve with rice
  

**caveat: we're not big gravy people here, so I usually skip this step, but I know we're in the minority on this***

Serve with you favorite sides and take credit for slaving away all day...oh, and don't forget the wine ;)